The idea that music can influence people's thinking or lifestyle goes back many
centuries. The fear that music potentially has this power has always lurked in the
back of the minds of the powers that be and the more frightened people in society.
This fear of music as a social influence is understood if you can just put yourself
in the role of that small group of elite zillionaires who want to buy and sell the
world their way. It is supposed to be politics and religion that shape the overall
psyche of any given culture. We are all supposed to yield to protocols of church and state
and accept them without question, as cultural principles are drilled
into our minds at a very early age.